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Post by Lonesome Crow on Nov 10, 2009 2:40:47 GMT 1
I may be gone for a while my PC's playing silly buggers, it works fine for about 10 - 15 mins then the monitor turns off and when I try turning it back on it only works for about 2 secs, I think and hope it's probably my graphics card.
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Post by Commandingtripod on Nov 10, 2009 3:22:00 GMT 1
Ah man that's no good. Hope you get it sorted soon, and if all else fails beat it without mercy and then get a new one. ;D
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Post by richardburton on Nov 10, 2009 11:43:26 GMT 1
Sorry to hear that, LC. If you want give me a call and I can pass you over to one of my technicians to see if they can diagnose it over the phone for you. The shop number is 01434 600022.
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Post by Relyt on Nov 10, 2009 20:15:20 GMT 1
A problem with your graphics card? That's exactly what happened to me last month.
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Post by Lonesome Crow on Nov 10, 2009 21:08:38 GMT 1
I removed the side panel to let as much air circulate around the gubbins as possible, just in case it's an over-heating problem.
I'm up to 19 mins as I type this, so it's doing better than it did yesterday.
Thanks for the suggestion R.B. but I'll try local first.
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Post by poyks on Nov 11, 2009 11:46:26 GMT 1
Good luck dude, I usually get the urge to chuck computers out the window when they play up! It's reet bloody annoying.
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Post by Lonesome Crow on Nov 12, 2009 1:18:40 GMT 1
Problem over  touch wood. It wasn't the Graphics card after all, it was my new 19" wide-screen monitor, it's gone phut. So I changed the monitor for my old 14" one and I hadn't fully tightened the little screws on the monitor cable into the back of the PC so it wasn't making proper contact and it kept shorting out after a few mins. As soon as I tightened the cable up properly it all worked fine. 14" is tiny after you've been used to a 19"  ... I'm talking about the Monitor by the way. ;D |
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Post by RustiSwordz on Nov 14, 2009 7:28:27 GMT 1
Problem over touch wood. It wasn't the Graphics card after all, it was my new 19" wide-screen monitor, it's gone phut. So I changed the monitor for my old 14" one and I hadn't fully tightened the little screws on the monitor cable into the back of the PC so it wasn't making proper contact and it kept shorting out after a few mins. As soon as I tightened the cable up properly it all worked fine. 14" is tiny after you've been used to a 19" ... I'm talking about the Monitor by the way. ;D Its like my new computer, i can play new games with almost max res turned up! Shaders, AA settings you name it! My 19" monitor is great but ive got my eye on an a nice 24 " HD monitor next yerar.  |
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Post by poyks on Nov 14, 2009 14:46:14 GMT 1
I've just bought a 22" monitor for my studio, it's ace being able to use Cubase without scrolling a tiny monitor screen all the time! (Someone is going to comment soon about us lot comparing our inches lol!!) |
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Post by Scifishocks on Nov 15, 2009 8:05:46 GMT 1
Typical members of this board comparing their inches...  |
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Post by Lonesome Crow on Nov 15, 2009 16:09:18 GMT 1
Just come back from a computer fair, I was hoping to pick up a new monitor cheep no such luck  throughout the whole fair I only saw 2 wide-screen monitors and one of those was still in the box and the guy was reluctant to show it operating, which made suspicious.  I did see a 14" flat screen, exactly the same as the one I'm reduced to using now, Mine cost my £150 Four years ago he was selling his for £20 unfortunately it's one of those old type that if you move more than half a degree to the left or right the picture changes colour. I have got to get myself a better monitor. |
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touch wood.
... I'm talking about the Monitor by the way. ;D
throughout the whole fair I only saw 2 wide-screen monitors and one of those was still in the box and the guy was reluctant to show it operating, which made suspicious. 
I did see a 14" flat screen, exactly the same as the one I'm reduced to using now, Mine cost my £150 Four years ago he was selling his for £20 unfortunately it's one of those old type that if you move more than half a degree to the left or right the picture changes colour.